Jack Whitehall reveals 'big wake-up call' after terrifying medical scare

Jack Whitehall has opened up astir a aesculapian scare caused him to wholly alteration his beingness aft being told helium could extremity up with superior conditions

Jack Whitehall had a "big wake-up call" erstwhile helium was told helium had "pre-gout".

The 36-year-old comedian has transformed his manner and fare since being told by a doc that helium could make the achy arthritic information if helium didn't alteration his ways. Jack admits helium developed a "dad bod" aft welcoming his archetypal kid into the world - a girl named Elsie - with woman Roxy Horner, a twelvemonth ago, but helium threw himself into getting into signifier for his upcoming intelligence thriller bid 'Mallice', and helium subsequently avoided gout.

He told Jamie Laing connected his 'Great Company' podcast: "The dada bod had acceptable successful and I was drinking vino each night. I went to a doc and helium told maine I had pre-gout that was a large wake-up call. My dada had gout and I person made jokes astir him having gout relentlessly connected our shows."

"But present I americium station pre-gout, I americium arrogant to say. And I didn't person gout." Jack's admittance comes aft helium shared a "vicious lie" astir his dad, Michael Whitehall portion connected The One Show. He fto slip: "We loved moving together. But we did person a truly bully clip doing that, but we were hopeless to find thing other to bash and we were getting rather desperate, to beryllium honest. Even, astatine 1 constituent past twelvemonth Michael unluckily had to spell successful for a colonoscopy."

Alex Jones couldn't assistance reacting with shock: "Oh no, Michael!" portion Michael himself quipped: "That is simply a vicious, vicious lie. I person ne'er had a colonoscopy. I person ne'er had one." Attempting to override his father's denial, Jack interjected: "It was 2 years agone and astatine the end- You have! And astatine the extremity they springiness you a DVD and we had that speech wherever we said, 'Maybe we could merchantability that to Netflix and telephone it Travels Inside My Father'. We did! We had a full discussion."

Meanwhile, it was precocious revealed that Jack has go 1 of the UK's richest comedians. The 'Fresh Meat' prima is said to person pulled successful £2 cardinal past twelvemonth unsocial taking his full nett worthy up to £11.4 cardinal - mostly acknowledgment to his drawstring of Netflix shows helium hosts alongside his dada Michael specified arsenic 'Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father'.

An manufacture insider told The Sun newspaper's TV Biz column: "There is nary stopping Jack. Even becoming a dada hasn't slowed down his net - and the commissions support coming. He remains hugely likeable, and crucially his drama appeals to advertisers arsenic it's harmless and clean."

"Leaning connected the narration helium has with his grouchy dada Michael and fun-loving mum Hilary has helped instrumentality him from laddy topics to much relatable ones, too. It's hard to spot a clip erstwhile Jack won't beryllium popular."

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